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February 2009

Campus pastors baptized more than 20 students at Campus Church Wednesday night. Baptisms are usually held twice a semester during Campus Church, part of Liberty University’s Spiritual Life programs.
University Advancement staff

Liberty University’s fifth annual Taste of the Nations festival was held Wednesday night, Feb. 18 in the Liberty Christian Academy gym. More than 1,000 Liberty students sampled food from 20 different nations, including Yemen, Thailand and the Philippines.
Dominique McKay

Luis Palau, founder and president of Luis Palau Association, spoke to students at Liberty University’s Wednesday convocation on the theme of this semester’s Missions Emphasis Week — spreading the Gospel “by all means.”
Dominique McKay

The Kinfe siblings from Ethiopia were welcomed as guests of honor at Liberty University’s Wednesday convocation. Aschalew, 17, Genet, 15 and Yesalemush, 14 were adopted last year after Liberty students raised more than $80,000 during last year’s Spiritual Emphasis Week to fund their adoption.
Dominique McKay

A noteworthy political force spoke at the Liberty University School of Law on Wednesday. Howard Phillips, founder and chairman of The Conservative Caucus (TCC), delivered an address on “The Constitution...
Teresa Dunham

Government students often read about the world’s many governing systems, but on Tuesday Liberty students, faculty and staff met a man who helped create an entire country’s government from the ground up.
Sarah Funderburke

Liberty University named its new police chief this week — Col. Richard D. Hinkley, a 1981 alumnus.
Hinkley served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973-1977 before attending Liberty (then Liberty Baptist College) and earning a B.S. degree...
University Advancement staff

Liberty got off to an extremely quick start as defenseman Dave Semenyna scored only 28 seconds into the game. From there the first period would go back and forth in terms of scoring. With the game tied at one..
University Advancement staff

Liberty University’s Missions Emphasis Week (MEW) began today with a Parade of the Nations ceremony at the start of Monday’s convocation. Many of Liberty’s international students participated by reciting Scripture in their native languages and performing special music and dances.
Dominique McKay

The Family & Consumer Science Department’s new student chapter of the Interior Design Society (IDS) at Liberty University welcomed national IDS President Margi Kyle for a design seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Dominique McKay

It might be hard to focus on class when miles of picturesque vineyards and the Aegean Sea are so close at hand, but Liberty University students who are willing to try can apply to spend a year studying at the Greek Bible Institute in Greece.
University Advancement staff

In the wake of reporting a tuition reduction for the next academic year at Liberty University, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. has announced Liberty University Online will freeze its tuition for fall 2009 at current rates.
University Advancement staff